Appellate Court of Illinois

Conviction for first degree murder is affirmed over claims that: 1) the trial court abused its discretion when it disqualified defendant's privately retained counsel, because a potential conflict presented by the fact that he had also represented both of the State's eyewitnesses was insufficient to overcome the presumption in favor of allowing defendant to be represented by the counsel of his choice; and 2) the trial court abused its discretion in preventing defense counsel from introducing a prior consistent statement by an eyewitness to rebut an allegation of recent fabrication.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/17/2007
• Published 10/19/2007

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Court

• Appellate Court of Illinois

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